List of Pacific Electric Railway lines

List of Pacific Electric Railway lines

The following passenger rail lines were operated by the Pacific Electric Railway and its successors from the time of its merger in 1911 until the last line was abandoned in 1961.

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List of lines

There were three primary terminals in downtown Los Angeles:
*6th & Main Station, opened 1905 on the south side of 6th Street between Main and Los Angeles Streets; served the Northern and Southern Divisions via several approaches including an elevated line from Santa Fe Street. This elevated station was not built until about 1916.
*Subway Terminal, opened 1925 on the west side of Hill Street south of 4th Street; served the Western Division via the Hollywood Subway
*Hill Street Station, opened 1908 on the west side of Hill Street between 4th and 5th Streets; moved to the south side of the Subway Terminal in 1926; served the Western Division via both directions on Hill Street

Local lines

The Los Angeles Railway operated most local lines in central Los Angeles, but the Pacific Electric had local systems in a number of other areas:;Long Beach;Pasadena;Pomona;Redlands;Riverside;San Bernardino ;San Pedro;Santa Monica

References

*Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California, [http://www.erha.org/pe.htm Pacific Electric] , accessed January 2008
*Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California, [http://www.erha.org/timepoints/refsup12ndrev.htm A Chronology of Changes in Rail Passenger Operations of the Pacific Electric Railway Company] , accessed January 2008
*Line names mostly come from the [http://books.google.com/books?id=1BvW7ax1FAEC McGraw Transit Directory] , 1920, p. 11.


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